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Monday, November 23, 2015

The Svetlana Tomeković Database of Byzantine Art

Svetlana Tomeković, 1941-1994, was a renowned scholar who published extensively in the field of Byzantine art, particularly frescoes, manuscripts, iconography, and hagiography (please see her publications below).

As a photographer, Dr. Tomeković amassed an extensive archive of over 5,000 slides, primarily of frescoes and architecture from fifteen countries in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, resulting in a valuable archive for students and scholars of the Byzantine world. Dr. Tomeković photographed many small sites not usually open to public view. The coverage within each location reflects her particular areas of interest, and often does not include the entire building interior.

Explore the Svetlana Tomekovic Database of Byzantine Art

Association for Students of Egyptology

The ASE aims to create an online network of Egyptologists to bring the international community of students of Egyptology together. We aim to create a platform to exchange research in an informal manner so that students can help each other, offer peer reviews and share their interest in a topic of their own choosing without the academic pressure. To create a website that has an overview of universities offering courses in the Ancient Egyptian World, institutions that are concerned with Egyptology, museums that house Egyptian objects and an overview of worldwide PhD programmes and internships in the field of Egyptology. To create a newsletter with small articles written by students, as a way to practice writing & sharing ideas and to create an online database with articles written by members of the association or written for the association.

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Lace: Greek OCR. 1222 high-quality OCR of polytonic, or 'ancient', Greek texts in a HPC environment

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Fragmentary Texts – OCR from the The Leipzig Open Fragmentary Texts Series (LOFTS)

In this page we present a list of OCR outputs of collections of Greek fragmentary authors produced by Bruce Robertson for the Lace: Greek OCR project:

Aristotle et al. (1863). Valentini Rose Aristoteles pseudepigraphus

Arnim, Hans Friedrich August von, 1859-1931 et al. (1964). Stoicorum veterum fragmenta 1

Arnim, Hans Friedrich August von, 1859-1931 et al. (1964). Stoicorum veterum fragmenta 2

Arnim, Hans Friedrich August von, 1859-1931 et al. (1964). Stoicorum veterum fragmenta 3

Caecilius, Calactinus et al. (1907). Caecilii Calactini fragmenta collegit Ernestvs Ofenloch

Didymus, Moritz Schmidt (1854). Didymi Chalcenteri grammatici alexandrini fragmenta quae supersunt omnia

Diels, Hermann, 1848-1922 (1912). Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch 1

Diels, Hermann, 1848-1922 (1912). Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch 2

Diels, Hermann, 1848-1922 (1912). Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch 2, ha.2

Diels, Hermann, 1848-1922 (1922). Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch 3

Diels, Hermann, 1848-1922, ed (1901). Poetarvm philosophorvm fragmenta

Diels, Hermann, 1848-1922 (1890). Sibyllinische Blätter

Diogenes (1907). Diogenis Oenoandensis Fragmenta

Diogenes, of Oenoanda et al. (1907). Fragmenta. Ordinavit et explicavit Iohannes William

Dionysius, Aelius et al. (1890). Ailiou Dionysiou kai Pausaniou onomata Attika. Aelii Dionysii et Pausaniae Atticistarum fragmenta; collegit Ernestus Schwabe

Gottfried Kinkel (1877). Epicorum graecorum fragmenta

Grenfell, Bernard P. (Bernard Pyne), 1869-1926 et al. (1909). Hellenica oxyrhynchia cum Theopompi et Cratippi fragmentis recognoverunt brevique adnotatione critica

Hunt, Arthur S. (Arthur Surridge), 1871-1934 (1912). Tragicorum graecorum fragmenta papyracea nuper reperta

Kinkel, Gottfried, 1844-1891 (1877). Epicorum graecorum fragmenta : vol. 1

Kock, Theodor, 1820-1901 (1880-88). Comicorum atticorum fragmenta 1

Kock, Theodor, 1820-1901 (1880-88). Comicorum atticorum fragmenta 2

Kock, Theodor, 1820-1901 (1880-88). Comicorum atticorum fragmenta 3

Meineke, August, 1790-1870 (1839). Fragmenta comicorum graecorum 3

Metrodorus, of Lampsacus, d. 277 B.C et al. (1890). Metrodori Epicurei Fragmenta collegit scriptoris incerti Epicurei Commentarium moralem, subiecit Alfredus Koerte

Nauck, August, 1822-1892 (1889). Tragicorum graecorum fragmenta

Orpheus et al. (1922). Orphicorum fragmenta, collegit Otto Kern

Philo, of Alexandria et al. (1886). Fragments; newly edited by Rendel Harris

Phylarchus (1836). Historiarum fragmenta

Theodorus Kock (1880). Comicorum atticorum fragmenta

For a complete catalog of OCR outputs of more than 600 Greek texts, see Lace: Greek OCR – Texts.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Tell el-Dab’a XXII online open access

1	Tell el-Dab’a XXII. „Der Mund der beiden Wege“. Teil I:Text Requires cookie* Download book Czerny, ErnstSubjects:Humanities, Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region__Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology Humanities, Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region

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The Classics and Archaeology Virtual Museum, University of Melbourne

The Classics and Archaeology Virtual Museum documents the Classics and Archaeology Collection of the University of Melbourne, which is located at the Ian Potter Musuem of Art. The Virtual Museum is a collaborative project of the Centre for Classics & Archaeology, the Ian Potter Museum of Art and ArtsIT.

New Exhibition - Mummymania
Ian Potter Museum of Art, 29 Septmber 2015 to 17 April 2015
Mummymania focuses on the figure of the Egyptian mummy and its role within the themes of life, death, resurrection and immortality. Ranging from the mummy’s original role in ancient Egyptian funerary practices to its importance in early scientific investigations into ancient disease and medicine, and its popular reception as a malevolent Hollywood monster-figure, the exhibition looks at the changing perception of the mummy over time.

Mummymania includes a small number of mummified objects that reveal the mummification process in ancient Egypt and its relationship to Egyptian afterlife beliefs. The history of the exploration of Egypt by Europeans and the export of ancient Egyptian antiquities including mummies also features, including the public mummy-unrolling spectacles that were popular in the nineteenth century. The pivotal use of mummies in medicine, and the scientific analysis of tissue including the use of CAT scanning in order to understand ancient disease, is an important aspect of the legacy that is not widely known. This lesser-known history is explored alongside the mummy’s well-known role as a Hollywood horror film star.

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The Antiquities Coalition

The Antiquities Coalition unites a diverse group of experts in the global fight against cultural racketeering: the illicit trade in antiquities by organized criminals and terrorist organizations.

The destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria by ISIS has shocked the world and demands a response. In this last year, we have lost entire chapters of our shared history, and some of the Cradle of Civilization’s most iconic masterpieces and sites, to plunder and iconoclasm. This wanton devastation threatens us all: at this moment, ISIS, the Al Nusrah Front, and Al Qaeda affiliates are arming their campaign of terror through a growing black market trade in so-called “blood antiquities.”

ISIS is not the only violent network to profit from this multi-billion dollar illegal industry. The looting and trafficking of antiquities is funding crime and conflict around the world. By purchasing an Egyptian papyrus, a Cambodian statue, or a Mayan vase on Madison Avenue, collectors may be putting money into the pockets of mafia syndicates, armed insurgents, and drug cartels.